Photographs taken around the valley of Borrowdale and the hanging valley of Watendlath in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
Barrow Falls, Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This fine waterfall tumbles down behind Barrow House on the Borrowdale Road, two miles south of Keswick. The falls were enlarged by Joseph Pocklington shortly after he built the house in the late 19th century.
Lodore Falls, Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The falls have a total drop of 45m but can be rather disappointing in dry weather. This is a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of the rare mosses and lichens that thrive here.
A late afternoon wintry view towards Catbells from Ashness Jetty, Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria.
The Bowder Stone, Grange in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Some think this 11m tall, 1,250 ton boulder, precariously balancing on a narrow edge is an erratic (a glacial deposit), but most believe it has simply become dislodged and fallen down the hillside. In 1798 a Keswick eccentric called Joseph Pocklington saw tourist potential in the stone. He built a cottage and small chapel there, then drilled a hole through the base of the rock and encouraged visitors to shake hands underneath it. He also erected a Druid Stone nearby.
The sleepy hamlet of Rosthwaite in the Borrowdale Valley, the Lake District, Cumbria.
A view towards Castle Crag and Goat Crag from the Lake District village of Rosthwaite in Borrowdale, Cumbria.
New Bridge over the River Derwent at Rosthwaite in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
This old stone packhorse bridge was repaired following the floods of December 2015.
Seathwaite Farm and Seathwaite Fell at the southerly head of Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria. Seathwaite is the wettest inhabitated place in England.
Honister green slate plaque at Seatoller, Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Herdwick sheep graze above the hamlet of Seatoller in Borrowdale, the Lake District, Cumbria.
Quarrymens' cottages at Seatoller at the foot of Honistor Pass in the Lake District, Cumbria.
The hamlet of Watendlath, sitting high above the Borrowdale Valley in the English Lake District, Cumbria.
The hamlet of Watendlath lying in a hanging valley above Borrowdale in the English Lake District, Cumbria.
Watendlath Tarn lying above Borrowdale in the Lake District, Cumbria. The tarn, stocked with rainbow and brown trout is 310m in length and 17m deep. The white house beyond the tarn is Fold Head Farm, the home of Sir Hugh Walpole's ficticious heroine, Judith Paris in the second volume of 'The Herries Chronicles'.
Watendlath Bridge, Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This 18th century packhorse bridge was on the main droving route from Keswick to Ambleside. After Watendlath, the horses would have carried their loads over Ambroth Fell, then made their way via Dunmail Raise to Grasmere and Ambleside.
Belted Galloway cattle graze beside Watendlath Beck, Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Watendlath Beck flowing through the hanging valley of Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Fold Head Farm, Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria.
Fold Head Farm is the fictional home of Judith Paris in 'The Rogue Herries Chronicles' by Sir Hugh Walpole.
Surprise View between Ashness Bridge and Watendlath in the Lake District affords a wonderful view over Derwentwater to Bassenthwaite Lake.
Ashness Bridge, Keswick in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This 18th century packhorse bridge over Barrow Beck carries the old drover’s road to Watendlath. It is one of Lakeland’s most photographed beauty spots.
Ashness Bridge, Keswick in the Lake District, Cumbria.
This 18th century packhorse bridge over Barrow Beck carries the old drover’s road to Watendlath. It is one of Lakeland’s most photographed beauty spots.